* * With the Armed ForcesTim 45th Division, composed partially ofthe Oklahoma National Guard, was citedas a unit for distinguished conduct on thebeachhead below Rome . This announce-ment was the first official statement as tothe location of the 45th .Numerous alumni are attached to the Di-

vision, particularly Field Artillery officers .Many of them have been decorated forvalorous action in Sicily and Italy.No- Lt. RichardO. Trent, '40= 42, OklahomaCity, has been decorated with the Dis-tinguished Flying Cross for meritorious ac-tion in the South Pacific . Overseas since lastJune, he was injured in August and ground-ed until November.He has taken part in more than 50 mis-

sions, transporting supplies and troops overterritory patrolled by enemy aircraft .No- Lt. E. Douglas Lewis, '38-'42, Coyle,member of a Bombardment squadron, hasbeen awarded the Air Medal with two OakLeaf Clusters for meritorious achievementin aerial combat flights against the Japa-nese in the Pacific war zone . He recentlycompleted his 45th mission.I" Capt . Hershel S. Carver, Jr., '38-'41,Marine dive-bomber pilot from Holdenville,was awarded the Air Medal with gold OakLeaf Cluster for successful missions againstthe Japanese at Rendova, Bougainville,Munda and the Russell Islands.

Captain Carver has returned from theSouth Pacific to the Marine Corps Air Sta-tion near Santa Ana, California .

Lt . Claude R. Fletcher,'39-'41, Norman,has been awarded the Air Medal for dis-tinguished work as a navigator with the13th Air Force in the South Pacific . Mrs.Fletcher, the former Hazel Moore, '42ed,teaches school in Oklahoma City .00- Capt. GlennD. Kelley,'34-'37, Norman,flight commander with the Air Force inEngland, has been awarded the Air Medalwith Oak Leaf Cluster. He recently visitedwith Lt . Col. James E. Ensey, '28med, inEngland with the Medical Corps .IN- Lt . J. S. Munsey, '38-'42, Norman, hasbeen awarded the Air Medal for service asa bomber pilot with the Eighth Air Force inEngland. He recently wrote Football Coach"Snorter" Luster, under whom he playedquarterback in both Norman High Schooland the University, that he has been on anumber of raids on Berlin .0- Lt . James W. Amis, '37-'38, Hobart,pilot of a medium bomber, has been award-ed the Air Medal with two Oak LeafClusters for service with the Air Force inthe European theater of operations . He wasformerly principal of Hexit ConsolidatedHigh School .10- Lt . Patrick H. Watts, '36-'40, Waurika,navigator-bombardier in the South Pacific,has been awarded an Oak Leaf Cluster to

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FILMED ATTu LANDINGNavy Lt . Harold Tacker, '40fa, wasdecorated for meritorious conduct asofficer in charge of filming landing op-

erations on Attu .

add to his previously won Air Medal forservice with the Air Force.DO- Lt. Everett F. Goins, '35ba, Rocky Ford,Colorado, former director of the Port ofNisida, Italy, has received a commendationfrom his commanding admiral for the ex-cellence of his work on that assignment .

Lieutenant Goins was recently transferredfrom Nisida to Anzio where he was in com-mand of a beach battalion. He also par-ticipated in the action at Salerno.DO- Lt. Earl C. Garey, '38-'39, Comanche,former Oklahoma state highway surveyor,received the Air Medal for "courage, cool-ness and skill" displayed as navigator on aFlying Fortress during five combat bombermissions over Europe .0- Lt . Alfred H. Locke, '39-'40, Eufaula,pilot and crew commander of the LiberatorHeaven Can Wait, received the Air Medalfor meritorious achievement while par-ticipating in five separate bomber combatmissions over enemy-occupied continentalEurope . He was recently promoted to firstlieutenant at his base in England.1 Lt . Paul D. Cummings, '39law, formerAlva attorney, was awarded the Order ofthe Purple Heart for wounds received inaction in the Mediterranean theater last fall .A member of the Signal Corps, LieutenantCummings participated in the invasions ofSicily and Italy.No- Lt . Chester C. Kennedy, '35, Konawa,pilot of a Flying Fortress, has returned froma tour of duty in the Southwest Pacific with

an accumulation of decorations includingthe Silver Star, the Distinguished FlyingCross, two Air Medals and a presidentialunit citation .Lieutenant Kennedy was assigned to the

Army Air Forces Redistribution Station atMiami Beach, Florida, for his next assign-ment .No- Lt . Col. Edward F. Stephenson, '40m.ed, Oklahoma City, commander of a 45thDivision Infantry battalion throughout theBattle of Sicily and the early days of theItalian campaign, was awarded the PurpleHeart for injuries received at Salerno.

After he was injured, Colonel Stephensonwas sent back to North Africa, to serve at abattle training school for young officers andlater was transferred to the United Statesfor a new assignment. He relinquished hiscommand in Italy to Lt . Col. QuentinSpradling, '32bus, '40m.ba, Norman .0- Lt . Joseph L. West, '37-'39, OklahomaCity, pilot of a transport plane, received theDistinguished Flying Cross for heroism inflight and accomplishment above and be-yond the line of duty in the Southwest Pa-cific .Lieutenant West has participated in more

than 50 missions, dropping supplies andtransporting troops over territory con-tinually patrolled by enemy aircraft .01 Lt . Harold Tacker, '40fa, Norman,Navy photographer, was awarded theLegion of Merit for the excellence of thephotographic record he made of militaryoperations on Attu in May, 1943 . The awardwas presented in ceremonies at sea some-where in the Central Pacific.Lieutenant Tacker participated in the

landing on Kiska, the occupation of theMarshall Islands and the raid on Truk . Be-fore entering the Navy, he had charge ofphotography at the University .0- Capt. Billy E. Carson, '38-'40, Jet, pilotof a heavy bomber, was awarded an OakLeaf Cluster to add to a previously won AirMedal for bravery in action .He took command of a formation over

Burma when the flight leader, the deputyflight leader and two other aircraft in thelead group had to fall back because of en-gine failures . The citation stated that Cap-tain Carson took the lead despite the. factthat three generators in his plane wereburned out.No- Lt . (jg) Joe D. Mitchell, '41, Navy pilotfrom Davidson, Oklahoma, was awardedthe Distinguished Flying Cross for heroismand extraordinary achievement during ac-tion against the enemy in the Solomons .

Lieutenant Mitchell has participated innumerous flight missions against Japanesebases in the Pacific, and once scored a di-rect hit on an enemy destroyer in KahiliHarbor. On one mission he was shot down

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and spent two months behind enemy linesbefore reaching his home base .op- Lt . Joseph D. McGovern, Jr . ' '41bus,Wewoka, co-pilot of a Flying Fortress basedin England, was awarded an Air Medal andan Oak Leaf Cluster for meritorious serv-ice with the Eighth Air Force. He was inthe Field Artillery before transferring to theAir Force.Pp- Lt . FrankP. Hawk, '40, Norman, bom-bardier on the Flying Fortress SuperstitiousAloysius, was awarded the DistinguishedFlying Cross and the Air Medal with threeOak Leaf Clusters for his participation on25 flying missions with the Eighth AirForce.00- Lt . Col. James E. Mills, '36eng, Nor-man, of the Marine Corps, received the Sil-ver Star for conspicuous gallantry in actionon Tarawa from Adm. Chester W. Nimitzin ceremonies held in the South Pacific .Colonel Mills supervised the movement

of an artillery battalion on Tarawa whileunder constant enemy fire . He has been inaction on Guadalcanal and Tulagi and inother Pacific campaigns. His brother, Lt .John Mills, '40geo1, was on duty in Africa .0- Capt . John E. Johnston, '36-'38, Okla-homa City pilot, returned to the U. S. re-cently with the Distinguished Flying Crossand the Air Medal with eight Oak LeafClusters . He took part in aerial combat overTunisia, Sicily and Italy.0- Maj . William A. Lucas, '36ba, Tuttle,was awarded the Purple Heart for injuriesreceived in the European-African theater ofwar. A Field Artillery officer, he participat-ed in the Tunisian and Sicilian campaigns .In civilian life, Major Lucas was an officialwith the Civilian Conservation Corps atDuncan .1 Lt . John R. Couch, '401aw, Pryor, wasawarded the Air Medal with seven OakLeaf Clusters for performance as a bom-bardier and navigator on 40 bombing mis-sions . He recently returned to the U. S. andwas assigned to the Air Forces Redistribu-tion Station at Miami Beach, Florida, for anew assignment.00- Lt . John W. Colby, '40-'41, Vinita, wasawarded the Air Medal with nine Oak LeafClusters for participation in bombing raidsover North Africa, Italy and Sicily . He re-cently returned to the U. S. and was as-signed to the Air Forces Redistribution Sta-tion at Miami Beach.No- Lt . J. W. Arms, '37-'38, Hobart, bom-bardier with a Pathfinder squadron in Eng-land, has been recommended for the AirMedal and two Oak Leaf Clusters .

Deaths in ServiceLt . Donald Davis, '41-'42, Middleton,

Wisconsin, died in England of injuries re-ceived February 3 on his fourteenth bomb-ing mission. He was navigator of the FlyingFortress Palace of Athens and held the AirMedal with two Oak Leaf Clusters for serv-ice with the Eighth Air Force. Survivorsinclude an aunt, Mrs. A. F. Blaschke Of Mid-dleton .

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Carl W. Staats, Jr ., '42-'43, Bartlesville,aviation student in the Army Air Force, diedFebruary 4 in the Station Hospital at FortCrook, Nebraska, of scarlet fever and

pneumoniaInonia .He entered service lastJuly and wasin training at Creighton University inOmaha. Survivors include his parents, Mr .and Mrs. Carl Staats, Bartlesville .No- Lt . Gene Jones, '41, Sayre, member ofan Air Force Bombardment squadron, waskilled on January 21 when his plane crashedin a routine take-off from his base in Eng-land . He was buried at Cambridge, Eng-land . Lieutenant Jones held the Distin-guished Flying Cross and the Air Medalwith Oak Leaf Cluster. Survivors includehis parents, Mr . and Mrs. Newlin Jones,Sayre, and his wife, Mrs. Mary HamptonJones, of Oklahoma City .

Ensign Richard H. Flynn, '35ba, '36m.ed, Elgin, Kansas, died December 24 inthe U. S. Naval Hospital at Bethesda,Maryland, following an illness of 14 months .Ensign Flynn enlisted in the Navy in Jan-uary, 1942, and received training as a radiotechnician at Harvard University andMassachusetts Institute of Technology . Hewas stationed in the Bureau of Aeronauticsin Washington, D. C., when he became ill .Before entering service, Ensign Flynntaught school at Kaw, Stigler and Mutual .Survivors include his wife and his mother,Mrs. C. H. Flynn, of Elgin, Kansas .No- Word was received of the death last No-vember 30 of Lt. Warren H. Finley, '39bus,Pampa, Texas, who was killed in a planecrash near Kansas City, Missouri . He was

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stationed there at the Air Forces InstrumentTraining Center . Lieutenant Finley receivedhis commission at Ellington Field, Texas, inDecember, 1942 . At the University he was amember of Phi Gamma Delta fraternityand Beta Gamma Sigma, honorary busi-ness fraternity . Survivors include hismother, Mrs. Bessie Finley, Pampa, Texas,and two sisters, Flora D. Finley, '36-'40, andFrances Finley, '34-'35 .

Lt . J . B . Long, '41pharm, May, Okla-homa, Army Air Force pilot who has beenlisted as missing in action for the last year,must be presumed to be dead, the War De-partment has announced . The announce-ment stated that nothing has been heardof Lieutenant Long since he left his base inEngland on February 16, 1943, for a missionover enemy territory. Lieutenant Long hasbeen awarded the Air Medal posthumously,in recognition of the work he did with theEighth Air Force between October, 1942,when he first went to England, and the nextFebruary . He entered the Air Force in July,1941, shortly after graduating from theUniversity . At O.U . he was a member ofRho Chi pharmaceutical society, Phi DeltaChi honorary pharmacy fraternity, Galenleadership society for pharmacy studentsand Acacia fraternity . Survivors include hisparents, Mr . and Mrs . Ben F. Long, of May.0- Lt . Lambert C. Root, '39ba, Santa Mon-ica, California, was killed February 24 in anairplane crash in England, where he wasstationed as a Field Artillery liaison pilot.Lieutenant Root entered service in Novem-ber, 1940, receiving his wings in December,

Lt . Gen . A. A . Vandegrift (left), commandant of the Marine Corps, gives the oathto Col. William P. T. Hill, '326a, at Marine Corps Headquarters, Washington, D. C.Colonel Hill was promoted to the rank of brigadier general and named quarter-

master of the Marine Corps.-Official U. S. Marine Corps Photo.

1942 . He went overseas last January. Sur-vivors include his father, J. B. Root, of SantaMonica .

Missing in ActionLt . Harold G. Evatt, '36-'38, Shawnee,

bomber pilot stationed at a Mediterraneanbase, was reported missing in action afterfailure to return from a raid over GermanyFebruary 22 .00- Lt . Robert L. Whittet, '37-'41, McAles-ter, member of an Air Force Bombardmentsquadron based in England, has been miss-ing in action over Germany since Febru-ary 27 .1 Lt . Joe Bishop, '37-'38, Ponca City, hasbeen missing in action over Berlin sinceMarch 8 when he made his fifth raid overenemy territory . Before entering service, hewas a laboratory technician with the Con-tinental Oil Company.1 Sgt. Louis F. Tormohlen, Jr ., '42, Okla-homa City, aerial gunner with the AirForce, has been missing in action since hisfailure to return from a mission over Ger-many on February 25 .1 Lt . Everett P. Brown, '42bus, bomberpilot from Oklahoma City, has been miss-ing in action over Germany since March 2 .He was awarded the Air Medal with threeOak Leaf Clusters .1 Lt . Cecil M. Dorsett, '391aw, Norman,member of the Air Transport Commandstationed in Canada, has been missing inaction with the Air Force, presumably overLabrador, since February 29 . The War De-partment announced that search for him hasbeen abandoned .Mrs. Dorsett (Phila Furry, '36lib.sci,

'39law), former staff member of the Uni-versity Library, is an attorney for the Her-cules Powder Company in Wilmington,Delaware . Lieutenant Dorsett's father,Ralph D. Dorsett, '29ba, '32ma, is assistantprofessor of mathematics at the University .

Injured in ServiceCapt. R. G. Cates, Jr ., '39pharm, Atoka,

of the 45th Division, was wounded in thefighting at the Anzio beachhead on March1 . He received wounds in his left shoulderand scalp and his left eye was grazed by apiece of shrapnel .

Captain Cates was with the 45th in thefighting at Sicily, Salerno and Verno.1 Capt. James L. McDonald, Jr ., '37bus,Norman, was injured in the fighting on theAnzio beachhead on March 14, his birthday .A bullet from a German plane passedthrough his chest, missing the heart bythree-eighths of an inch .

Captain McDonald wrote his parents twodays after the injury, "You should have seenthe doctor's face before and after my X-ray.He couldn't believe I was alive." He was toremain in a hospital near the front until hecould be transported to a base hospital .1 Lt. Col . Wayne Johnson, '30ma, for-merly on the faculty of Central State Col-lege at Edmond, was wounded in actionwith the 45th Division on the Anzio beach-

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head . Both his legs were injured by shellfragments. He was reported to be recover-ing satisfactorily in a base hospital .1 Lt . Melvin M. Smith, '31-'35, OklahomaCity, was assigned to McCloskey GeneralHospital at Temple, Texas, for treatmentof wounds received in Italy where he was anobserver with the Field Artillery .

Prisoners of WarFor the benefit of friends of Lt . Harry

Lorenzen, '42law, El Reno, a prisoner ofwar in Germany, who would like to writeto him, his address is as follows : Prisoner ofWar No. 3010, Oflag No . 64, Germany.1 Lt. Jack R . Foster, '41, Chickasha, hasbeen reported a prisoner in Germany by theInternational Red Cross. He failed to re-turn from his seventh mission, escortingbombers over their target in enemy-heldEurope.1 Lt . Roy D. Clem, '39-'42, Granite, miss-ing in action in the Mediterranean theatersince January 14, has been reported a prison-er of war of the German government by theInternational Red Cross. The Red Cross alsoreported that he was wounded, but couldgive no details . Lieutenant Clem was pilotof a Mitchell bomber based at an air fieldnear Naples . He went overseas last sum-mer, participating in the invasions of Sicilyand Italy.1 Lt . Charles P. Ray, '39, Oklahoma City,who has been listed as missing in actionover Germany since January 29, is beingheld prisoner in Germany, the War Depart-ment has announced.

Rescued From SeaLt . Leonard R. Burnett, Jr ., '39-'40, Ard-

more, was one of the two surviving crewmembers of a Marauder which crashed into

TWAIN MEETSomewhere in New Guinea Lt . Fred C.Moore, fr ., '41bus, Oklahoma City,looks over the souvenir stock

of afriend .

-U . S . Army Signal Corps Photo .

the English Channel while returning froma raid over Europe .The plane was severely damaged by anti-

aircraft fire as it left the coast of the con-tinent and the crew members were forcedto bail out into the ocean. Only LieutenantBurnett, who was co-pilot, and the pilotsurvived the jump . They floated on dinghiesfor 74 hours before being picked up by aBritish seaplane .During that time, they dodged bullets

from dogfights above them, saw flashes ofgunfire from a Naval engagement and werenearly hit by bombs dumped from a Lib-erator en route home from a raid . The menwere reported not seriously injured.1 Lt . James M. Mahaffey, '40-'42, Nor-man, was among crew members of aMitchell bomber rescued from the sea afterthe plane was forced down following abombing mission over an enemy airdromein the Admiralty Islands .The crew escaped to life rafts and were

spotted by two Thunderbolt pilots fourhours later. Soon after that a Navy CatalinaFlying Boat picked them up . LieutenantMahaffey received a cut on one leg in thecrash landing.

CommendedPvt. Gerald F. Keen,'39-'43, Norman, has

received a commendation from the com-manding officer of the Army SpecializedTraining Unit at the University of Dela-ware, Newark, for his excellent work inconnection with the unit's intramuralsports .

Private Keen conducted intramural con-tests between 20 touch football teams and16 basketball teams composed entirely ofASTP men. The letter of commendationpointed out that Private Keen's work hadbeen voluntary, and that it had contributedgreatly to the morale of the unit.

Returns on FootLt. Gene F. Adams, '40-'42, Norman, be-

came a member of the Walk-Out Club whenhe was forced down in the jungles of Burmaand had to walk back to his base .The club is composed solely of fliers of

the India-China Wing who have had tocrash land or bail out in the jungle becauseof bad weather, motor trouble or enemyattack . Membership includes more than 100pilots, some of whom have "walked out"two or three times.

Lieutenant Adams holds the Distin-guished Flying Cross.

In New Battle ZoneCapt . Zale Chaffln, '36med, Army phy-

sician from Oklahoma City, was withAmerican troops in the recent action on LosNegros Island in the Pacific. He was men-tioned in dispatches filed from SalamiPlantation on the islands, telling of thedifficulties of getting food and water to thetroops .

Before entering the Medical Corps, Cap-tain Chaffin was a member of the OklahomaCity Health Department .

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Promotions

Clint T . Johnson, '19ba, Oklahoma City,commanding officer of the Avon Park ArmyAir Field, Avon Park, Florida, has beenpromoted to the rank of full colonel .Colonel Johnson, a pioneer in commercialaviation and barnstorming veteran of theearly days of American aviation, holds theratings of command pilot, combat observerand airplane observer. He served as a sec-ond lieutenant in World War l, retaininghis reserve commission when the war wasover . He re-entered service in 1941 as alieutenant colonel . The Avon Park ArmyAir Field, which Colonel Johnson com-mands, covers more than 220,000 acres andincludes the nation's largest bombing range .it is a final phase training base for FlyingFortress combat crews.

Recently promoted to the rank of lieutenantcolonel were the following : Lanson D . Mitchell,'196a, former WPA executive in Oklahoma City,now director of services at the Aloe Army AirField, Victoria, Texas ; James H . Hammond, '37med former Tulsa physician with the Air Trans-port Command in Miami, Florida ; Fratis L . Duff,'39med, Denver, chief of the department of tropicalhealth in the School of Aviation Medicine at Ran-dolph Field, Texas .And L . H . Ritzhaupt, '21, Guthrie, physician and

former state senator, Selective Service Medical offi-cer for Oklahoma ; Alfred Todd, '36bus, Chelsea,with the Air Force in the Southwest Pacific ; BillHarrison, '371aw, former Oklahoma City attorneyat U. S . Army headquarters in England ; Luther E .Patterson, '30geol, '32ms, Oklahoma City, in theSouth Pacific .And Elton W. LeHew, '30med, Pawnee, over-

seas with the Medical Corps ; William E . Lobit,'33ba, Dickinson, Texas, with the Cavalry in thePacific area, and Honald N . Maidt, '28-'30, Okla-homa City, who has been stationed in India for twoyears. Colonel Maidt was awaiting passage homewhen he was promoted .New majors among the Sooners in service include

the following : Lloyd W . Taylor, '41med, Hugo,Medical Corps officer in New Guinea ; Joe T . Dick-erson, '21law, Edmond, with the Air Force in Italy ;Winston V. Cruzan, '32-'33, Oklahoma City, dentalsurgeon at the Army Air Field, Greenville Texas ;Robert K . Henderson, '35eng, Oklahoma City, inAustralia with the Air Force.And Holly L. Anderson, '24law, Tulsa, with the

Air Force Technical Training Command at Greens-boro, North Carolina ; Jerome Byrd, '35eng, Okla-homa City, on duty in Memphis, Tennessee ; Mur-ray E . Gibbens, '38med, Oklahoma City, with theMedical Corps at Camp Barkeley, Texas ; RaleighFrancis, '366us, Blanchard, in England with theOrdnance .And Donald Royse, '35bus, '35law, Elk City,

Anti-aircraft gunnery instructor at Camp Haan,California ; John H . Wheatley, '27eng, Tulsa, chiefof the policy and publication unit of the construc-tion utilities section at Air Service Commandheadquarters, Patterson Field, Ohio ; Josh J. Evans,'40law, Rush Springs, at Sheppard Field, Texas .And G. Scott Hammonds, '33eng, Oklahoma

City, on duty with the Board of Economic Warfarein Washington, D . C . ; John F. Cheadle, '39law,Cherokee, on foreign duty ; Leonard Long '32med,Madison, Wisconsin, at Fort Knox, Kentucky ;Floyd H. Morris, '35law, Oklahoma City, Infantryofficer on duty at Service Command headquartersin Los Angeles .And Alden W . Suderman, '37eng, Chickasha,

Ordnance officer on maneuvers in the California-Arizona area ; Edward D . McKay, '35med, on thestaff of Brooke General Hospital at Fort Sam Hous-ton, Texas ; John B . Wilson, Jr ., '37law, Frederick,overseas with the Field Artillery, and G. MurrayGillespie, '41geol, Fort Worth, Texas, with theAir Force in England . He and Maj . James W . (Josh)Billings, '40eng, are in the same outfit.

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Alumni who have recently been promoted to therank of captain are as follows : D . B . Pearson, '41med, overseas with an Evacuation Hospital ; Wil-liam J. Dancer, Jr., '40, Bartlesville, Army Air Field,Marfa, Texas ; Bob Davis, '42eng, Woodward, FortDix, New Jersey ; Ralph D. Gahl, '38-'40, Okla-homa City, with the Air Force in Nashville, Tennes-see ; David Fried, '40med, Des Moines, Iowa, over-scas with the Medical Corps ; Charles W. Freeman,'41med, Rocky, Fort Lewis, Washington .And Ray M . Wadsworth, '42med, San Carlos,

California, Letterman General Hospital in SanFrancisco ; Robert T. Sturm, '38med, overseas ;Worden Parrish, '34-'40, Madill, overseas ; W . M.Aldredge, '41med, Hobart, flight surgeon in Eng-land ; Kenneth W. Webb, '42eng, Sharon Springs,Kansas, with the Air Force in England ; Charles W .Giffin fin, '36-'41, Oklahoma City, Lowry Field, Colo-rado .And Andy O . Campbell, '34eng, Oklahoma City,

overseas ; Emmett C . Anderson, '30, OklahomaCity, Medical administrative officer in England ;Paul R. Turnbull, '29eng, Corpus Christi, Texas,with the Air Force in England ; Kenneth R . Shel-ton, '36-'39, Hollis, Hunter Field, Georgia ; MelvinPool, '28-'29, Durant, in Italy with the Air Force .And William W . Woolley, '36pharm, overseas

with the Field Artillery ; Harry P. Frantz, '416us,Enid, in Italy ; Paul L . Getzoff, '356s, LockbourneArmy Air Base, Columbus, Ohio ; Theatus Greeson,'39journ, Duncan, in Ireland with the Field Artil-lery ; Robert E . Ragsdale, '34, '40, overseas with aQuartermaster battalion ; Harlan D . Johnson, '39law, Cushing, overseas with the Field Artillery,and Earl C . Morris, Jr ., '36-'39, Waurika, on dutyat the Army Air Base, Sarasota, Florida . CaptainMorris recently returned to active duty after re-covering from a back injury received in making aforced landing overseas . He was on foreign duty forseven months .

Promoted from second to first lieutenant wereBen G. Southward, '41-'42, Norman, flying instruc-tor at the Army Air Field, Independence, Kansas,and George McDermitt, '42eng, Norman, in Italywith an Ordnance company.

James W. Roberts, '39-'42, Holdenville, over-seas with a Signal Service battalion, has been pro-moted to technical sergeant . Advanced to sergeantwere Paul R . Loafman, '39m .ed, Kaw City, instruc-tor in the Pre-flight Cadet School at Sheppard Field,Texas, and Robert B . Allen, Jr ., '36, former man-aging editor of the Cushing Daily Citizen, on dutyat the Cavalry Replacement Training Center, FortRiley, Kansas . The following have been promotedto corporal : Allan O. Woolard, '31-'38, Edna, Kan-sas, Army Air Base, Kearns, Utah ; Sam Cobean,'37, Norman, with the Signal Corps on LongIsland, New York, and Wilma Jane Stafford, '39-'42, Norman, overseas with the WAC .Noah Preston Wood, '366us, Talihina, has been

promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel in theMarine Corps at his base in the Southwest Pacific.Member of the Marine Corps since graduation fromthe University, Colonel Wood has been overseasfor nearly two years .

Gerster W. Brown, '30med, former OklahomaCity physician now overseas with the Navy MedicalCorps, has been promoted to the rank of com-mander. He was commissioned into the Navy as alieutenant commander in April, 1942 .

Promotions to lieutenant junior grade have comerecently to the following : D . G . Stowe, '39law,Tulsa, on duty aboard a cruiser ; R. C . Van Vleck,'366us, Oklahoma City, on sea duty ; Thomas J. Lee,'40law, Eldorado, on sea duty ; L. Raymond Daw-son, Jr ., '38geol, Oklahoma City, on duty in MiamiBeach, Florida ; Raymond M. Scruggs, '40bus,Oklahoma City, on sea duty, and Harrell McCul-lough, '35bus, Norman, Armed Guard officer. Lieu-tenant McCullough recently returned from servicein Italy, where, he reported, he saw many Sooners .

Sanford H . Palmer, '41law, Oklahoma City, onduty with the Navy in the Pacific, has been pro-moted to chief yeoman.

Roberta Huff, '33ba, Norman, on duty with theSPARS in New Orleans, has been promoted to therank of lieutenant junior grade.

SHIP CHRISTENED

Present for the launching of the U.S.S.Naifeh at Orange, Texas, were Mrs.Rathia Naifeh, Norman, mother ofLt . (ig) Alfred Naifeh, '40law, inwhose honor the destroyer escort wasnamed, and his two brothers, Lt . BobNaifeh, '42, (left), now on foreignduty, and Sgt. Mitchell Naifeh, Clar-Clarinda Iowa. The lower picture shows

the U.S .S . Naifeh in the shipyard atOrange . Lieutenant Naifeh died in a

Pacific Naval battle in 1942 .

New OfficersKenneth E . Farris, '43bus, Muskogee, has

been commissioned a second lieutenant inthe Marine Corps at Quantico, Virginia . Hewas assigned to a two-months advancedtraining course at Quantico .New second lieutenants in the Air Force, and the

fields at which they received their commissions,are as follows : Bobbie L. Bernard, '42-'43, Yukon,and Charles L . Smith, '42bus, Fairview, both atBlackland Field, Texas ; Jack B . Pitts, '43, Okla-homa City, Roscoe E . Norris, '42-'43, OklahomaCity, and Joseph J . Tackwell, '40-'41, Norman, allat Aloe Field, Victoria, Texas ; James E . Fox, Jr .,'41eng, Cambridge, Kansas, Army Air Field, Lub-bock, Texas .And Clifford L . Rea, '39-'42, Elk City, and Wil-

liam T . Harral, '42-'43, Erick, both at Foster Field,Texas ; Edward G. Snow, '42, Willow, Oklahoma,Frederick Army Air Field ; Johnson S. Miller, '43,Duncan, Pampa, Texas, Army Air Field ; Jack E .Hughes, '39-'42, Altus, Eagle Pass, Texas, ArmyAir Field ; Carl C. Ball, '35-'36, Tulsa, Altus ArmyAir Field ; Thomas A . Fain, '39-'41, OklahomaCity, Moore, Texas, Army Air Field ; Robert G.Jones, '37-'39, Oklahoma City, Foster Field, andJack E. Brown, '43, Haskell, Pampa Army AirField .And James A . Fuller, '42-'43, Muskogee, Lub-

bock Army Air Field ; Richard L . Baggett, '38-'41,Wayne, Williams Field, Arizona ; Roy G . Miller,Jr ., '42, Snomac, Pampa Army Air Field ; CharlesM . Terry, '41, Norman Air Force Technical Train-ing school, University of Chicago, and James E .Fields, '40-'42, Bartlesville, Army Air Field, Carls-bad, New Mexico .

Bennett E. Robertson, '416a, Guthrie, receivedhis commission in the Air Force at the Twin-EngineAdvanced Flying School at Pampa. He had pre-viously received an army commission at the Cali-fornia Institute of Technology at Pasadena, andhad been promoted to first lieutenant. He held thatrank while taking flying training .

Capt. Robert K. Milburn, '396a, Wichita, Kan-sas, received his pilot's wings at the Altus Army AirField . William J . Logan, '41-'42, Tulsa, graduatedat the Frederick Army Air Field as a flight officer .

OverseasLt. J. F. Malone, '37ba, Norman with an

Anti-aircraft unit in New Guinea, recentlywrote friends in Norman a description of abaseball game he helped manage . "A fewnights ago we staged one of the most un-usual sports events in the Southwest Pa-cific," he wrote. "Before a huge crowd ofenthusiastic spectators, our baseball leaguechampionship was brought to a thrillingclimax in the first night ball game everstaged in this area . Searchlights threw aflood of light on the field and pierced thesky with all the flourish of a Hollywoodpremier. The game was reminiscent of theBig League shows back in the States, withthe Artillery band furnishing martial musicfor the occasion .

"Grandstand vendors added a touch ofcomedy by passing out red hot atabrinetablets and ice cold insect repellent as sub-stitutes for the usual popcorn and softdrinks . The publicity section was repletewith photographers, reporters, public ad-dress system, and broadcasting facilities . Ihandled the press releases and the broadcastfor the local radio station."

Lieutenant Malone also said that a shorttime before he had flown down to Australiaon a temporary assignment with the RoyalAustralian Engineers at Wagga Wagga,New South Wales.Lt. Robert E. Lewis, '41, Pryor, was

among the men rescued by the Catalinaflying boat Arkansas Traveler off Kavieng,New Ireland, recently in one of the mostspectacular flying feats of the war. The Cata-lina made four landings and take-offs on theheavy seas under fire from Japanese shorebatteries in order to rescue fifteen men fromthe water. Landing on the water made theship's rivets pop, and it became badly over-loaded, but the pilot managed to bring ithome.A recent column by Ernie Pyle, written

in Italy, told of a sightseeing trip to Pompeiilie made with Maj . Ed Bland, '34-'39, Okla-homa City, and Cpl . Harry Cowe, of Seattle,Washington . Mr. Pyle wrote, "Major Blandgot fed up with flying and I got fed up withwriting and Corporal Cowe got fed up withbeing a corporal, so the three of us said `Tohell with it' and got into Major Bland's jeepand came touring out to Pompeii. . . . Wespent three hours in the ruins of old Pompeiiand decided we enjoyed it, but the next timewe go sightseeing we hope it can be throughthe less ancient ruins of Berlin ."Lt. Frank C. Sneed, '42ba, Lawton, is

with the Air Force in England . A recentAssociated Press photo showed him at hisbase just after he had returned from a

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bombing mission over Frankfurt, drinkinghot coffee and reading a letter from home.Maj . Patrick H. Lawton, '29med, Mari-

etta, is in charge of a Medical station on theAnzio beachhead in Italy.Capt . Max K. Gilstrap, '37journ, Okla-

homa City, is an associate editor of TheStars and Stripes, daily newspaper of theU.S . armed forces in the European theaterof operations .Tech . Sgt. Allen Nix, '27, Oklahoma

City, recently went on his 25th bombingmission over Europe as engineer aboard theLiberator Sooner Queen, piloted by Capt .William Selvidge, '42law, Ardmore, it wasthe first time Sergeant Nix had flown withCaptain Selvidge . Both men were in thegroup cited for bombing the Ploesti oil fieldsin Rumania last summer, and have sincebeen transferred to the Eighth Air Force inEngland.News of Capt . Robinson J. Andrews,

'39-'39, Oklahoma City, was brought homerecently by Lt . Douglas C. Conley,

Wetumkatumka, who washis tentmateforten monthsin Sardinia . Lieutenant Conley came homeon a rest leave after completing 40 combat

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Privates -----------------------------

972Corporals ---------_

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220Sergeants ------------------------ ---- 319Cadets______________________________ 283Warrant Officers ------------------------

37Lieutenants ---------------------------- 2,193Captains _______ _ ______________ __ 1,031Majors _-__ _

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531Lieutenant Colonels _

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150Colonels ________ ___________________ 36Major Generals ______________________

2WAGS ---- -------------------------- 87

TOTAL -----------------------ton--- 5,861NAVY

Seamen - ------------------------------ 535Chiefs --------------------------------

54Cadets --------------------------------

73Warrant Officer

1Ensigns . -------- --------------------- 334Lieutenants ---- -------------------- 389Lieutenant Commanders -----------------

28Commanders -------------------------- 10WAVES ------------------------------ 52

TOTAL ---------------------------- 1,476MARINES

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59Corporals

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Sergeants-----------------------------

13Lieutenants

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66Captains

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Majors-------------------------------

2Lieutenant Colonels --------------------

6Colonel

1Brigadier General _

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1Women's Branch -----------------------

6TOTAL -------------------------- 171

COAST GUARDSeamen _ ___ ______________

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42Petty Officers --------------------------

4Cadets

2Ensigns -----------------------------_____ _______ ____________ .

2Lieutenants _ _______ _ ___ ________

4SPARS

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9TOTAL --ton------------------------ 63

GRAND total ____________________7,571

missions, and visited Captain Andrews'mother in Oklahoma City . He said that inSardinia he and Captain Andrews at-tracted considerable attention when theypainted the words "Downing Street" underthe number of their tent, which was ten .During their off hours, they went sight-seeing around Sardinia on a Germanmotorcycle .A group of WACs in Italy who recently

volunteered to give blood for wounded sol-diers of the Fifth Army included Lt . Eliza-beth Ray, '34ba, Oklahoma City . Twenty-two WACs gave a pint of blood each at aBritish Army transfusion station . Lieuten-ant Ray was on duty in North Africa beforegoing to Italy.

Dispatches from Cape Gloucester, NewBritain, recently told of the tactics used byLt. William W. Bailey, '43ba, Vinita, Ma-rine Corps officer, in defeating Japaneseambush parties in the jungle . At one timeLieutenant Bailey was leading his unitthrough the jungle undergrowth when hesaw a man wearing a Marine helmet stand-ing fifteen yards away, his face hidden fromview. His suspicions aroused, LieutenantBailey challenged the man, and was an-swered with four hand grenades and aburst from Japanese machine guns . Lieuten-ant Bailey's platoon succeeded in wiping outthe ambush with only one casualty .On duty with the same Field Artillery

unit in New Guinea are Maj. JamesL. Lain,'37bus, Oklahoma City ; Maj . J. E. Boddy,'38bus, Tulsa; Capt . J. O. Givens, '38bus,Oklahoma City, and Cpl. Bernell Gilbert,'35-'38, Lawton .Maj. Hervey A. Foerster, '27med, with

the Medical Corps in England, wrote theAlumni Office that he has visited London,Liverpool, Birmingham and Scotland .A small Sooner reunion was held recently

in New Guinea when Capt . Floyd Sooy,'35-'38, and Tech . Sgt. Davis Funderburk,'32, both of Mangum, ran into each other.They arc both attached to the Army AirForce, Captain Sooy as an intelligence

officercer and Sergeant Funderburk as a radio op-erator .

Staff Sgt. Kenneth G. Ward, '40fa, LawtonLawtonton inEngland withanAirForcePhoto-

graphic Reconnaissance squadron, recently(lid a broadcast over BBC to the BritishForces Network. Sergeant Ward has sungprofessionally in Oklahoma City andChicagoChicago wherehestudied attheChicagoCon-

servatory.Lt . Charles P. Gotwals, '40law, Musko-

gee, is stationed in England as an assistantstaff judge advocate . In a letter to theAlumni Office, he wrote, "The countryseems full of Yanks and I have seen a lotof Sooners. . . . Most Britishers I've met don'tknow where Oklahoma is (one asked me ifI didn't mean Indiana) and my home townof Muskogee is out of this world."

Maj. Ansel P . Challenner, '25eng, '33m.eng, Oklahoma City, Signal Corps offi-cer, is on the headquarters staff of ETOUSA(European Theater of Operations) .

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Armyin training at Maxwell Field, Alabama, as

aviation cadets, were Donald C. Allman,'39-'42, Harold R. Miller, '40-'42, and Wil-liam W. Upchurch, '40-'42, all of Norman .

Pvt. Robert W. Wheeler, '43eng, Okla-homa City, was in training with the Chemi-cal Warfare Service at Camp Sibert, Ala-bama .Capt . Jack Coleman, '34-'38, Waurika,

doubled for Spencer Tracy in the flyingscenes of A Guy Named Joe, recent pictureabout the Army Air Force which starredTracy and Irene Dunne. Captain Colemanwas given leave from Luke Field, Arizona,where he was assistant air inspector, to par-ticipate in production of the picture .

Lt . Paul D. Fielding, Jr ., '42ba, Guthrie,was with a Field Artillery battalion at CampBeale, California .

Stationed at Camp Cooke, California,were Lt . Jack Dundas, '39, New York City,with an Armored Signal company ; Lt . D. F.Davis, '39-'42, Oklahoma City, with anAnti-aircraft battery; Pvt. James M. McCampbellMcCampbell '43, Oklahoma City;Lt.JohnD.

Richards, '30fa, '39m.ed, Anti-aircraft ; Pvt.Robert E. Noland, '40-'41, Strawn, Texas,Corps of Engineers; Pvt. Leonard D.Francy,'42, Tulsa, Infantry, and Capt . TomE. Grace '36law, Field Artillery .Lt. Chester Sappington, '28eng, Laverne

was on duty with the Coast Artillery at FortCrockett, California .Pvt. Richard L. Virtue, '44ba, Oklahoma

City, has been transferred to the Replace-ment Control Depot of the Air Service Com-mand in Fresno, California . Lt . Edward O.Roe '38eng, Frederick, was on duty withthe Signal Corps at Camp Pinedale there.Frank C. Morris, '40eng, Oklahoma City,

was on duty at Hamilton Field, California .Sgt. John M. Pittman, Jr ., '41-'42, Ana-

darko, was assigned to a Fighter Controlsquadron at Hammer Field, California .

Pfc. J . E. Tawney, '43, Clendemn, WestVirginia, was attached to a Signal Trainingbattalion at Camp Kohler, California .

Aviation Cadet William M. Jackson, Jr .,'43ba, Roswell, New Mexico, was in train-ing at War Eagle Field, Lancaster, Cali-fornia .Capt. Floyd Graham Oklahoma City,

was assigned to an Air Force Fighter wingat March Field, California . Lt . Burt E.Sheriff, '42243, Oklahoma City, was at-tached to a Bombardment group there.

Lt . Robert C. Harper, '41ba, Ponca City,was assigned to the Transportation divisionat Fort Mason, California .

Lt . Pren G. Hollingsworth, '42, Normanwas on duty at the Army Air Field, Merced,California .

Lt . Elmer C. Buchanan, '37-'39, Vinita,was attached to a Bombardment squadronat the Army Air Field, Muroc, California .Capt . Estel B . McCollum, '32med, of the

Medical Corps, has been transferred to theGeneral Hospital at Fort Ord, California .With the Field Artillery there were Lt . Mil-ton R. Moon, '43bus, Oklahoma City, andLt . G. W. Warlick, '42ed, El Reno .

MAY, 1944

WEARS THUNDERBIRDFormer Alva attorney, Lt . Paul D.Cummings, '39law, was serving withthe 45th Division in the Mediterranean

theater .

Aviation Cadet John C . Walker 111, '42,Bartlesville, was taking meteorologicaltraining at Pasadena, California .On duty at Camp Roberts, California,

were Lt. Max A. Pischel, Jr ., '38law, Tulsa ;Lt . Bill Putnam, '43ba, El Reno ; Lt . RobertE. Cornish, Jr., '39-'43, Oklahoma City, andLt . K. O. Wilbanks, '43bus, Holdenville, allField Artillery officers . There with the In-fantry were Lt . Tillman J. Johnson, '39-'41,Heresford, South Dakota, and Pvt. WilliamC. Sneed, '42-'43, Madill .Pvt. James B. Lloyd, '42-'43, Oklahoma

City, was on duty at the Army Air BaseSan Bernardino, California .Lt. George L. Coffey, '39-'42, and Lt . Rob-

crt W. Coln, '39-'41, both of Norman weremembers of an Army Air Force detachmentat the Naval Air Station, San Diego, Cali-fornia .Col. William C. Lewis, '18, Oklahoma

City, is commanding officer o£ the Army AirForces Redistribution Center at SantaMonica, California, where Air Force officersback from overseas duty are assigned forrest before being given new duties . Capt .Donald S. Will, '41eng, Oklahoma City,was assigned there upon his return fromIndia, where he was stationed for two years.On duty at Camp Carson, Colorado, were

Capt . Cecil D. Baird, '27med, with a Medi-cal detachment ; Sgt. Coy A. Mowdy, '38law,Durant, with an Infantry unit, and Lt .Ewing Gafford, '41journ, Lawton, with aField Artillery Pack battalion .Maj . Olin G. Bell, '21ba, Houston, Texas,

was on duty at the Army Air Base at Colo-rado Springs, Colorado .

Capt . Edgar E. Bartlett, '366a, Idabel,was stationed at Lowry Field, Colorado .There with a Technical School squadronwas Cpl . Jerry C. Strong, '41-'43, Chickasha.

Maj . Glen W. McDonald, '34med, Altus,is on duty in the Surgeon General's Office inWashington, D. C.

Aviation Cadet John B. Hodge, '38-'40,Oklahoma City, was in training at the AirForce Technical School at Yale University,NewHaven, Connecticut .Lt . Lowell D. Sollenberger, '41eng, Nor-

man, was assigned to the Pratt and WhitneyUnited Aircraft plant in East Hartford,Connecticut, as a representative of the ArmyAir Forces .Lt . John K. Flowers, 41, Norman was

stationed at the Army Air Field, Dover,Delaware .Lt . Guy McClung, '42-'43, San Antonio,

Texas, is stationed at Drew Field, Florida,as navigator aboard a bomber . Lt . Ste-lingN. Grubbs, '41ba, Cushing, was attachedto a Signal Air Warning company there.

In training at the Air Force Officer Can-didate School at Miami Beach, Florida, wereEdwin W. Sanford, '40-'43, Hobart ; RobertW. Faulkner, '40-'43, Electra, Texas, andJack Jacobs, '38-'42, Muskogee .

Lt . W. M. Sammons, '39-'42, OklahomaCity, and Sgt. R. T. Wyche, '38ba, Nor-man, have been transferred to the Army AirField at Orlando, Florida.Lt . Robert G. Loggie, '41bus, Wichita

Falls, Texas, was attached to a Fightersquadron at the Army Air Base Sarasota,Florida.Lt . Boyd L. Barnett, '38bus, Ponca City,

and Lt . Bill Huckin, '42ba, Muskogee, wereon duty with the Air Force at Tampa, Flor-ida.Lt . Lee B. Spencer, '40241, Shawnee was

on duty in the Department of Training atTyndall Field, Florida.Lt . Frank J. Newkumet, '32-'37, has been

transferred to Fort Benning, Georgia, witha Parachute Training regiment . Lt . GeraldS. Young, Jr ., '38-'43, Duncan, was therewith a Field Artillery unit .Capt . Martin B . Schofield, Jr ., '35-'38,

Oklahoma City, was attached to a Bombard-ment squadron at Chatham Field, Georgia.Lt. N. F. V. Barkett, '39med, formerly

of Washington, 1) . C., member of the ortho-pedic branch of the Army Surgical Servicewas stationed in Finney General Hospital,Thomasville, Georgia.Capt . Emit H. Hastings, '34law, Tulsa,

is assistant post judge advocate at ChanuteField, Illinois .Lt. William T. Kritikos, '43eng, Tulsa,

was with an Engineers unit at Camp Ellis,Illinois .Maj . L. A. Sypert Johnston, '36med, for-

mer Holdenville physician, has been trans-ferred to the Station Hospital at the ArmyAir Field, Dodge City, Kansas .

Aviation Cadet Walter R . Tait, '42ma,Wichita, Kansas, was in training at theArmy Air Field, Independence, Kansas.Lt . William G. McPheron, '42med,

Medical Corps officer, is doing X-ray workat the Induction Station at Fort Leaven-worth, Kansas .Pfc. Jasper K. Roberts, '43, Comanche .

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has been transferred to a Field Artillerybattery at Camp Phillips, Kansas .

Staff Sgt. James F. Berry, '41journ, mem-her of an Infantry Service company, hasbeen transferred to Camp Breckenridge,Kentucky .At Camp Campbell, Kentucky, were Lt .

E. J. Richards, '39-'42, Norman with anOrdnance battalion, and Lt . Alan A. Mc-Donald, '43eng, Norman with the FieldArtillery .

Lt . Wallis S. Ivy, '42bus, Duncan, was as-signed to the Army Air Base at Alexandria,Louisiana, for advanced training aftergraduating from the Gunnery School atKingman, Arizona. He already held hiscommission as a bombardier-navigator . Lt .John H. Roe, '33law, Frederick, was alsoon duty at the Alexandria base .Lt. RobertW. Houghton, '39-'41, Bartles-

ville, was on duty at Barksdale Field,Louisiana.Capt. Seldon D. Butcher, '23ma, Wichita,

Kansas, was with the Corps of Engineersat Camp Claiborne, Louisiana . Staff Sgt.Charles C. Harrell, '40m.ed, Boynton,Oklahoma, is attached to an Engineers Pe-troleum Distribution company there.Capt. Howard M. Hawks, '41eng, Nor-

man, was with a Field Artillery unit atCamp Polk, Louisiana. There with aQuartermaster Sales company was LaurenceS. Guthrie, '39-'40, Clinton, technicianfourth grade.Lt. Max A. Turner, '40-'43, Cordell, Air

Force meteorologist, was stationed at Sel-man Field, Louisiana.

In training at Aberdeen Proving Ground,Maryland, for their commissions as secondlieutenants in the Ordnance are the follow-ing officer candidates :

Charles D. Axelrod, '40-'43, Cleveland, Ohio ;Lewis H. Bond, '40-'43, Vernon, Texas ; MorrisButkin Oklahoma City ; PeterW. Cawthon,'40-'43, Lubbock, Texas ; Roland L. Coil, '40-'43,Oklahoma City .And Edgar L. Cralle, '40-'43, Norman ; Gordon

H. Dempsey, '40-'43, Blackwell ; Ben Frank, '40-'43,Cheyenne ; Richard R. Goodwin, '40-'43, Manhat-tan, Illinois ; Ralph A. Herzmark, '40-'43, Ardmore;Tom Ingram, '40-'43, Fort Worth, Texas; HaroldN. Keesee, '40243, Frederick; Maurice Lewis,'40-'43, Sayre; Eugene H. Lovering, '40-'43, Bay-town, Texas .And DuaneD. Lunger, '40-'43, Oklahoma City ;

Fred W. Lyon, '40-'43, Oklahoma City ; James O.Melton, '40243, Hastings ; Charles R. Moore, '40-'43, Hugo ; Glenn P. Myer, '40-'43, Tulsa ; RobertW. Oliver, '40-'43, Oklahoma City ; Roy D. Putty,'40-'43, Oklahoma City ; Fred S. Reynolds, '40-'43,Norman ; Tom Scanland, '40-'43, Oklahoma City ;Venson Y. Stillwell, '40243, Holdenville ; Jack H.Vestal, '40-'43, Arkadelphia, Arkansas ; KennethR. Wasson, '40-'43, Chickasha, and Allan C. West,'40-'43, Ponca City .Maj. Daniel I. Marker, '23med, Manhat-

tan, Kansas, is chief of the medical serviceat the Station Hospital at EdgewoodArsenal, Maryland . Pvt. Robert W.Wheeler, '43eng, Oklahoma City, has beentransferred to the Chemical Warfare Lab-oratory School there.Pfc. George R. Milner Okmulgee,

has been transferred to Camp Ritchie,Maryland .Lt . James E. Fields, '40242, Bartlesville,

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was on duty with the Bomber Commandat Westover Field, Massachusetts.

Ralph Boggess, '27-'30, Ochelata, Okla-homa, was in training at the judge AdvocateOfficer Candidate School at Ann Arbor,Michigan.

Lt . C. L. Brattain, '20eng, Alton, Illinois,was an Ordnance officer on duty in Detroit,Michigan .Lt. Marvin O. Breeding, '43bus, Okla-

homa City, has been transferred to CampVan Dorn, Mississippi, where he is a FieldArtillery officer .Lt . E. E. Dale, Jr ., '42ba, Norman was

assigned to an Infantry unit at Camp Mc-Cain, Mississippi .

1f you have more recent informa-tion about any of the alumni men-tioned in these news items, pleasenotify Editor of Sooner Maga-zine, University of Oklahoma

Lt . Don Machenheimer '31-'33, Shawnee,was with a Field Artillery battalion at CampShelby, Mississippi .Pvt. James W. Henderson, '39letters, '41

ma, Norman former secretary of the Uni-versity College, was taking basic training atCamp Crowder, Missouri, preparatory toentering specialized work in the SignalCorps . Also at Camp Crowder were Lt . W.H. Jones, Jr., '28-'31, Tulsa, and Lt . LeonR. Stafford, '43eng, Hollis .Lt. C. Harold Brand, '26-'28, Oklahoma

City, has been named chief public relationsofficer at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri . Heserved as assistant public relations officerthere for eight months before his promotion.Lieutenant Brand is a former OklahomaCity realtor.Capt . Herbert A. Turk, '40ba, Norman

has been transferred to Kansas City, Mis-souri, where he is commanding officer of theAir Force College Training Detachment atRockhurst College.Lt . James A. Fuller, Jr ., '42-'43, Musko-

gee, was assigned to a Troop Carrier groupat the Sedalia Army Air Field, Warrens-burg, Missouri . Also there was Lt . ThomasJ. Warren, '40-'42, Norman .

Stationed at Fort Leonard Wood, Mis-souri, were Lt . George P. Vlahakis, '43bus,Oklahoma City ; Pfc. Owen M. Watt, '43bus,Tulsa ; Lt . Edward A. Harbin, '39-'43, Bor-ger, Texas, and Capt . R. G. Harrison, '42bus, Shawnee.

Staff Sgt. Herbert R. Antle, '33-'34, Ada,was attached to a Bombardment squadronat the Army Air Base, Harvard, Nebraska .Capt . Louis E. Dilleshaw, '38pharm,

Blanchard, was attached to a Bombardmentsquadron at the Army Air Field, Tonopah,Nevada .Col. Gordon G. Bulla, '30med, Medical

Corps officer attached to the Air Transport

Command, has been transferred to Man-chester, New Hampshire.Lt . C. L. Bookout, '43bus, Hartshorne,

was attached to a Field Artillery battery atFort Dix, New Jersey .Taking advanced training at the Army

Air Base, Alamogordo, New Mexico, wereLt . Bill G. Malone, '40-'41, Muskogee, andLt . Earl E. LeVally, '42ba, Maysville.

Lt . Joseph S. Holbrook, '42-'43, ParkRidge, Illinois, was on duty at the ArmyAir Field, Carlsbad, New Mexico .Lt . Clyde Martin, '40-'42, Healdton, an

Air Force meteorological officer recentlycommissioned in New York, was assignedto duty at the Army Air Field, Roswell,New Mexico.

Lt . Col. William Lloyd Lockett, '41ba,Norman was assigned to the Field Artil-lery Replacement Training Center at FortBragg, North Carolina, following his re-lease from McCloskey General Hospital atTemple, Texas, where he was treated for awound received in the African theater ofwar With a Troop Carrier squadron atPope Field, Fort Bragg, was Capt. H. M.Kennedy, Jr ., '39-'42, Oklahoma City .Lt . John Miskovsky, '38bus, former foot-

ball coach at Capitol Hill High School inOklahoma City, accompanied the boxingteam from Camp Mackall, North Carolina,to the Golden Gloves tournament in NewYork this spring. Lieutenant Miskovsky wason duty with a Paratroop outfit at CampMackall. In training there with a Para-chute Field Artillery battalion was Pvt. JackTapscott, '42-'43, Edmond.Maj . John C. Farmer, '20law, Tulsa, was

on duty with the Air Force Technical Train-ing Command at Greensboro, North Caro-lina .Capt . Byron P. Spears, '41eng, Louisville,

Kentucky, was stationed at Seymour John-son Field, North Carolina. In training therewas Aviation Cadet Ernest M. Kraker, '41eng, Oklahoma City .Lt. Charles A. Neal, Jr ., '35-'39, Miami,

has recently completed a course in depotadministration and supply at the ArmyService Forces depot in Columbus, Ohio.On duty at the Lockbourne Army Air Basethere were Capt. L. Neil Calvert, '40bus,Rocky, and Pfc. John A. Rector, '39-'42, FortSupply .A memorial service was held in Purcell

recently for Lt . Gus Kitchens, '38-'42, flierwho was killed in action in New Guinea inApril, 1942 . Attending the service fromNorman were Dale Arbuckle, director ofathletics, and Dewey Luster, football coach.Mr . Luster spoke at the meeting. LieutenantKitchens was a football star at O.U. in 1940 .Lt . Harold V. Huneke, '41ma, Alva, was

assigned to the Base Weather Station atthe Ardmore Army Air Field. Also therewas Cpl . Robert D. Alexander, '40-'43,Oklahoma City .

Aviation Cadet James E . Hope, '43bus,Lubbock, Texas, was in training at the EnidArmy Air Field.Maj. Wilburn Cartwright, '20law, Mc-

Alester, underwent an operation at Glen-

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No PAUNCHY PILOTSCpl. Cassius Gentry, '34, (left) O.U .All-America tackle, helps keep fliers fit

at an Eighth Air Force base .

nan General Hospital in Okmulgee lastmonth for injuries received in a jeep acci-dent in Italy. He was on duty there as amember of the American Military Govern-ment .

Lt . Zelma J. McAllister, '40nurse, mem-ber of the Army Nurse Corps, has beentransferred to the Station Hospital at FortSill . There with the Field Artillery wereLt . John N. Alley, '33ba, '34ma, Norman;Lt . Elmer Capshaw, '42fa, Norman ; Capt .Stuart F. Brady, '36, Norman; Lt . FrankElkouri, '43ba, Anadarko ; Lt . Olbert G.Gage, Jr ., '42eng, Newgulf, Texas ; Lt . Rich-ard W. Portis, '43geol, Fairfax, Missouri,and Capt . Jesse E. McDonald, '41, KansasCity, Missouri .

Assigned to Fort Sill to attend Field Ar-tillery Officer Candidate School are the fol-lowing :

Dale B . Abel, '40-'43, Tyrone ; Max G . Allen,'40-'43, Norman ; Ben A . Ames, Jr ., '40-'43, Okla-homa City ; Joe Basolo, '40-'43, McAlester ; Joe K .Bass, '41-'43, Caddo ; Wirt A . Batis, '41-'43, Ard-more ; Howard T . Baugh, Jr., '40-'43, OklahomaCity ; Theodore R . Beck, '40-'43, Bradford, Penn-sylvania, and Robert K . Billings, '41-'43, Tulsa .

John M. Bingham, '40-'43, Okmulgee ; Rodger D .Brightbill, '40-'43, Bethany ; Joe D . Bruton, '40-'43,Kellerville, Texas ; R . Wayne Carlisle, '40243, La-verne ; William S . Chancy, '40-'43, Hugo ; WilliamC. Cheek, '40-'43, Oklahoma City ; Elmer B . Cole,'40243, Oklahoma City ; Clay N . Courter, '40243 1Lahoma ; Howard T . Craun, '40-'43, Sapulpa, andGlenn D . Dickinson, '40-'43, Prague .

Robert M. Dillon, '40-'43, Oklahoma City ; JohnR. Ellinghausen, '40-'43, Sapulpa ; Robert F . Faulk-ner, '40-'43, Electra, Texas ; Drew V . Finley, Jr .,'40-'43, Shawnee ; Paul E . Fondren, '40243 , Okla-homa City ; Gene Friedman, '40-'43, Wellington,Kansas, and Gilbert A . Frishie, '40-'43, Guthrie .

Pleasant V . Furgason, '40-'43, Buffalo ; David W .George, '40-'43, Cleveland ; Samuel D . Haas, '40-'43, Alexandria, Louisiana ; Daniel C . Hamilton,'40243, Oklahoma City ; Fred D . Harris, '40-'43,Tulsa ; Winfred H . Henderson, '40-'43, Thacker-ville ; Douglass Hendrix, '40-'43, Weleetka, andEdward Henley, '40-'43, Pond Creek .

John A . Horton, '40-'43, Meeker ; Thomas D .Howard, '40-'43, Norman ; Bill Ingler, Jr., '40-'43,Clinton ; Douglas R . Jaeger, '40=43, Tulsa ; Harry

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E . King, '40-'43, Enid ; Gus J. Kiriopolos, '40-'43,Oklahoma City ; John F . Krisher, '40-'43, McCur-tain ; Marion R . Lawton, '40-'43, Pawhuska, andClayton E . Lee, '40-'43, Oklahoma City .

James H . Lepley, '40-'43, Oklahoma City ; LeslieH . Long, '40-'43, Tulsa ; William E . Maltby, '40-'43,Bartlesville ; John E . Marshall, Jr ., '42ba, Norman ;Donald L . Means, '40-'43, Wilson ; John S . Miller,'40-'43, Tulsa ; Charles L . Moon, '40-'43, Norman ;Harry D . Moreland, Jr., '40-'43, Norman ; CharlesJ . Murphy, '40-'43, Tulsa ; Charles W . McCarty,'40-'43, Norman ; Arthur M. McClelland, '40-'43,Oklahoma City, and James C. McGiboncy, '40-'43,Sulphur.

James F . Nickel, '40-'43, Clinton ; Glenn C. Nor-ville, '40-'43, Oklahoma City ; Harold L . Osborne,'39-'43, Oklahoma City ; Bruce B . Pettigrove, '40-'43, Dewey ; Owen F. Renegar, '40-'43, OklahomaCity ; Edwin W . Sanford, '40-'43, Hobart ; Sam G.Shackelford, '40-'43, El Reno ; Alvin V . Shelden,'40-'43, Oklahoma City, and Alan B . Shinn, '40-'43,Alfalfa .

Vcrgil A . Shipley, '40-'43, Amber ; Don M.Simecheck '40= 43, Oklahoma City ; John I-1 . Smith,'40-'43, Oklahoma City ; Howard M . Sewers, '40-'43, Gage ; Glen R. Taylor, '40-'43, Medford ;StratfordStratford B.Tolson,'40-'43, Pawhuska;Gerald M.

Tucker, '40-'43, Winfield, Kansas, and John J .Turner, '40-'43, Lawton .

Curtis E . Turney, '40-'43, Pawhuska ; Clayton B .Turpin, '40-'43, Oklahoma City ; David L . Walker,'40-'43, Cleveland ; Jack D . Wettengel RushSprings, and Robert D . White, '40-'43, Norman .Lt. Eldon L. Meigs, '42ba, Mutual, was

stationed at Tinker Field, Oklahoma, as as-sistant weights and balance officer .Lt. Herbert F. Defenbaugh, '42eng,

Dewey, is attached to the Air Service Com-mand at Will Rogers Field in OklahomaCity .Capt . James M. Gordon, '27med, Lub-

bock, Texas, is on the staff of the StationHospital at the Army Air Field at Wood-ward .

Staff Sgt. George Viney, '42-'43, Lawton,and Tech . Sgt. Wayne E. Larsh Pampa,Texas, were stationed at Camp Adair, Ore-gon.

Lt . John J. Coyle, '43med, Chandler, wasin training with the Medical Corps at Car-lisle Barracks, Pennsylvania .

Pfc. A. Truman Pouncey, '42, assistantprofessor of journalism on leave of absence,was stationed at Camp Reynolds, Pennsyl-vania, as a member of the Civil Affairs di-vision of the Army . He recently was trans-ferred from the University of Minnesotawhere he was enrolled in language, journal-ism and political science . He wrote, "Forseveral months I ate in the same buildingwith Cpl. Lou Gelfand, '42journ, and wehad many an alumni banquet all by our-selves in a sea of olive drab and foreign ac-cents." Mrs. Pouncey is with her parents inDallas, Texas.

NavyBruce Chenault Tulsa, chief yeoman,

took part in the recent action of Kwajaleinand Eniwetok atolls, going to the CentralPacific from his base in Hawaii . After re-turning to Hawaii, he wrote a friend inNorman "During my two months' junketin the Central Pacific I saw much of the seaand had many pleasant experiences aboardvarious ships. . . . Also, during this time ourparty covered practically every square foot

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Brodace Elkins, '43journ, Mangum, is takinggraduate work in Chicago Theological Seminary atthe University of Chicago . Other O.U. alumni en-rolled there include Otis Joselyn, '39-'42 ; RayAnderson, '41-'43 ; Parker Rossman, '41speech, andCharles Riddle, '37-'41 .Donna Greider, '43fa, Tulsa, appeared in the

Tulsa Little Theater production, "Mr . and Mrs .North," in March .HARPER-HINEY : Announcement has been

made of the engagement of Miss Patricia Harper,'43ba, Oklahoma City, to George W . Hiney, Phila-delphia, Pennsylvania . Miss Harper is a memberof Alpha Phi sorority . Mr . Hiney is a yeoman sec-ond class stationed at the Naval Air Station, Clin-ton.WHITE-LYON : Miss Peggy White and Pfc .

Fred Lyon, '40-'43, both of Oklahoma City, weremarried February 28 in Oklahoma City . PrivateLyon was stationed at Aberdeen, Maryland, inOrdnance Officer Candidate School .SEE-McCLEAN : Miss Mary Jean See and Lt .

Charles Waverly McClean, '41-'43, both ofTonkawa, were married February 28 at Salt LakeCity, Utah . Mrs. McClean attended Phillips Uni-versity, Enid . Lieutenant McClean was stationedat the Army Air Field, Alexandria, Louisiana .

Gar Moore, '41-'43, Oklahoma City, is currentlyappearing in Cole Porter's musical Mexican Hay-ride in New York City. Mr. Moore is former pro-duction manager of WNAD, O.U. radio station.BURG-PHILLIPS : Announcement has been

made of the engagement of Miss Nan Burg, O.U .senior from Oklahoma City, to Cadet Dudley C .Phillips, III '40-'43, Bartlesville. Miss Burg is amember of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. Mr .Phillips, a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity,was taking pilot's training at Douglas Field, Ari-zona .PHILLIPS-HEARTSILL : Announcement has

been made of the marriage of Miss Jessie AlinePhillips, '42-'43, to Cpl . Osgood Milton Heartsill,Jr ., '41, both of Ardmore. Mrs . Heartsill is em-ployed in the supply office at the Ardmore ArmyAir Base. Corporal Heartsill was attending BoeingSchool for Airplane Mechanics in Seattle, Wash-ington .VARNELL-JOHNSON : Miss Virginia Lee Var-

nell, '41-'43, and Fred Eugene Johnson, '44eng,both of Oklahoma City, were married February 26in Oklahoma City. The bride majored in homeeconomics while attending the University . Thecouple will be at home temporarily in OklahomaCity .GOODNOW-WHITT : Miss June Goodnow,

O.U. junior, and Ensign Arthur Whit, '41-'43, bothof Tulsa, were married March 1 in Tulsa. EnsignWhitt is a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fra-ternity .Eleanor Ann Wilcoxson, '43ba, Tulsa, is a trans-

lator in government service in Washington, D . C .

1944Dale C . Byrd, '44eng, El Reno, was employed by

Harrison, Foulihoux and Morris Ketchum, asso-ciated architects with offices in Rockefeller Center,New York City . Mr. Byrd will work on designsfor a series of new servicemen's centers throughoutthe country . He received nation-wide recognitionin student architectural competitions while attend-ing O.U .

Beth Floyd, '44journ, Norman has been em-ployed as a reporter on the Altus Times-Democrat.KIEHN-CALDWELL : Miss Hester Evelyn

Kiehn, Pasadena, California, and Ensign John E .Caldwell, '43-'44, Oklahoma City, were marriedMarch 4 at Sulphur Springs, Texas. Mrs . Caldwellis a graduate of Pasadena Junior College . EnsignCaldwell, a member of the Oklahoma Bar Associa-tion, was stationed at Miami Beach, Florida, forsub-chaser training.Durward McDaniel, '44, Norman is practicing

law in Oklahoma City with offices in the ColcordBuilding . Mr . McDaniel has completed work for alaw degree from the University and will be grad-uated at commencement exercises in June . In addi-tion to his practice, Mr. McDaniel serves as legaladviser for the C.I .O.

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Alice Reynolds, '44journ, Copan, has been em-ployed as assistant director of publications and thedistribution of publications in the Selective ServiceSystem offices Washington, D . C .

David J . Stark, '44eng, Calgary, Alberta, Canada,is employed as a technical assistant in the Shell OilCompany refinery at Montreal, Canada .

Alice Strong, '44he, Norman is a student dieti-tian at Montcfiore Hospital, New York City.

With the Armed ForcesContinued FROM PACs 15)

of the major islands comprising the atollsof Kwajalein and Eniwetok . . . . I've hadintimate knowledge of fox-holes, assortedrations, and the mountainous heap of G.I .gear thrust upon the combatant. Have rid-den in jeeps, ducks, alligators and otherweirdly constructed amphibious contrap-tions, all of which left me either shaken,broken, or very, very wet."

In a letter to Dr . Ralph Biengfang, pro-fessor of pharmacy, DeLoyce Barton, '41,Norman pharmacist's mate first class,stated that he set up the first pharmacy onVella La Vella Island after American forcesmoved in there. Mr . Barton expected to re-ceive the rating of chief pharmacist's matesoon, as he had passed his test with a gradeof 3.57 out of a possible 4.Lt . William A. Collier, '23-'27, former

assistant county attorney of OklahomaCounty, has been executive officer of a de-stroyer in the Mediterranean area for morethan a year . He was home in Oklahoma Cityon leave in March, awaiting further assign-ment .The following are stationed either at sea

or at a Naval base overseas : Harold O.Hazen, Jr., '41-'43, radioman third class ;Ensign Norman Stewart, '41geo1, MountPleasant, Michigan; Lt . (jg) JamesE. Bates,Jr., '39bus, Muskogee ; Lt . Stanley L. Dren-nan, '41med, Navy Medical Corps ; Lt .Comdr. John A. Blue, '34med, Guymon ;Ralph E. Williams, '35236, Dallas, yeomanfirst class ; Lt . James M. Nelson, '34med,Aurora, Colorado ; Ensign Frank Mullins,'40, Snyder ; Lt . George L. King, '33eng,Muskogee ; William L. Jones, '40-'43, Oke-mah, aviation radar technician secondclass; Robert L. Harris, '41-'43, Konawa,seaman first class; Ensign Robert N. Daw-son, '42bus, Enid .

Ensign Robert D. Blinn, '42ba, OklahomaCity ; Howard W. Thompson, '41-'42, Ana-darko, aviation radioman second class; Ep-sign George E. McIver, '40ms, Moore; En-sign James H. Bragg, '36ms, OklahomaCity ; Lt . Siler D. Lambdin, '33eng, Shaw-nee; Ensign J. Q. Adams Noble ;Lt . (jg) Ray Leon, '42bus, Sayre; EnsignM. T. Cochran, Jr ., '39ba, Oklahoma City ;Stanley R. Grimes, Jr ., '43, Shawnee, sea-man first class ; Lt . Angus jacks, '34-'37,Asher, and H. Milt Phillips, '22, OklahomaCity, chief electrician's mate in the Seabees.

W. T. Williams, Jr ., '40bus, Ard-more, has been attending a school of in-doctrination at Tucson, Arizona.Lt. Leonard C. DeLozier, '29bs, of the

Navy Medical Corps, has been transferredto Port Hueneme, California . Charles E.

Visitors

Strange, '41-'42, Skiatook, was there withthe Seabees.

Lt . Joe L. Duer, '32med, Woodward,member of the Navy Medical Corps, was onduty at the Marine base at Camp Pendle-ton, California .

Roy McCurley, '31ba, former editor of theSentinel Leader, is a petty officer first classin the Seabees at Oceanside, California .Ensign John B. Leake, '41-'44, Norman

was assigned to submarine training in SanFrancisco.Ensign Billy R. Stokes, '41-'44, Shawnee,

was ordered to San Francisco to await as-signment to duty aboard a destroyer.

Servicemen in the Army Air Forces andcivilians connected with aviation wereamong visitors in the Alumni Office lastmonth.Those who signed the register included

Lt . James T. Overbey, '43eng, WilliamsField, Arizona ; Lt. Harold V. Huneke, '41ma, Ardmore Army Air Field; Lt . HarryS. Culver, '40-'43, with the Air Force atHobbs, New Mexico; Lt . Ray J. Hassler,'43ba, communications officer with the AirForce at Godman Field, Kentucky .

Josh Lee, '17ba, of the Civil AeronauticsBoard, Washington, D. C. ; Fisher Mul-drow, '22, Ardmore, former president ofthe Alumni Association ; Lt . Thomas A.Fain, '39-'41, Moore Field, Texas ; JamesRobinson, '321aw, faculty member atNortheastern State College, Tahlequah;Capt . Fred W. Adams, '43ba, CampWolters, Texas.Lt. Charles E . Wright, '38-'42, with the

Field Artillery at Camp McCain, Missis-sippi ; Capt . C. O. Hunt, '401aw, assignedto Woodrow Wilson General Hospital,Staunton, Virginia, and Mrs. Hunt, '31,Purcell; Lt . William N. Christian, '40-'42,Fort Sill ; Mrs. Richard Smethers (MimaMagoffin '43journ), McAlester.

Margaret L. Sanders, '43he, Guthrieteacher; Lt . Paul N. Haskett, '41eng, '42m.eng, and Mrs. Haskett (Virginia LeeMitchell, '43fa), Bartlesville ; Gene O.Sinex, '39eng, Oklahoma City ; DavidWood, '43, former Daily Oklahoman andTulsa World reporter ; Beth Floydreporter on the Altus Times-Democrat;Pvt. Otto W. Walter, 11, '43, Camp Reyn-olds, Pennsylvania .Ensign C. W. Hendrickson Okla-

homa City ; John Loeffler, '43eng, formerlywith Pan-American Airways at Browns-ville, Texas; Sam Johnson, '42chem, andMrs. Johnson (Elizabeth Mansfield, ,'.39-'42), Pryor; Lt. Robert N. Starr, '43bus,and Mrs. Starr, Fort Sill ; Ensign Oliver E.Benson, '32ba, '33ma, and Mrs. Benson(June Tompkins, '37ba), Oklahoma City .

Lt . Frank Elkouri, '43ba, Fort Sill ; Lt .Gerald S. Young, '38-'43, with the ArmoredForces at Fort Knox, Kentucky ; KatherinePoulos, '44fa, Muskogee ; Lt. John E. Car-son, '32, dental officer at the Naval AirTechnical Training Center near Normanand Paul Updegraff '30law, former Nor-man attorney now in the Navy .

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